Commercial
vocation, vocation of fortified city, the city was not long in developing,
weaving bonds with the hinterland and opening towards the sea. Basse Terre has
an exceptional architectural heritage: The museum of History in the Fort
Saint Charles, the Place des Carmes in the center of the Carmel district , the
cathedral, built of stone in 1736 by the capuchins, the place of the Champs
d'Arbaud,
large esplanade where the war memorial rises, the buildings designed by Ali Tur,
the famous architect delegated by the government in the 1930s, more precisely
the Prefecture and the Palace of the Conseil General. Basse Terre deserves that
one saunters in its streets to admire the beautiful residences of the cours
Nolivos street , the Baudot and Peynier streets, the Passage des Marches,
as well as Doctor Ganot's house , Amédée Fengarol
street , the corsairs
house, or Père Labat street. Basse Terre has an intense cultural and artistic
life with, in particular, the spectacles proposed by the national scene. A walk
to the market, particularly animated and coloured, achieves this visit.
